TOP 10 MOVIES OF 2018 It’s that time of the year again where I look back at the best films of the year. If you’ve been following along with my trip to the movies, you may remember that I switched to doing more video reviews instead of written reviews. I decided to take that form with my Top 10 this year. It’s been an incredible year of opportunities as I’ve been able to participate in more press junkets interviewing some of my idols like Whoopi Goldberg and Diane Keaton and many more to moderating a sold-out Q&A with Timothée Chalamet and Nic Sheff for theirRead More →

VICE Writer/Director: Adam McKayStarring: Christian Bale, Amy Adams, Steve Carell, Sam Rockwell, Tyler Perry, Jesse Plemos, Lisa Gay Hamilton Writer/director Adam McKay is best known for comedies like Anchorman and Step Brothers. In 2015, he surprised audiences and critics with The Big Short, a “dramedy” about the housing market crash. That film led him to an Oscar for Best Original Screenplay. He’s back with the same approach to tell the Dick Cheney (Bale) story. The film starts with his early days as a rowdy, trouble-making partygoer in Wyoming and his wife Lynne (Adams) threatening him to get his act together. The first half jumps back andRead More →

BIRD BOX Director: Susanne BierStarring: Sandra Bullock, Trevante Rhodes, John Malkovich, Jacki Weaver, Machine Gun Kelly, Sarah Paulson, Danielle Macdonald, Tom Hollander Sandra Bullock stars in the suspenseful new film, Bird Box, now streaming on Netflix. An unnatural force wipes out a majority of the human population. Bullock stars as Malorie, who along with two kids, have to float down river to find safety. The catch is that they have to do it blindfolded. The less you know about this movie the better! Here’s my reviewRead More →

IF BEALE STREET COULD TALK Director: Barry JenkinsStarring: Kiki Layne, Stephan James, Regina King, Colman Domingo, Ed Skrein, Finn Wittrock, Diego Luna Oscar winning director Barry Jenkins (Moonlight) is back with another powerful film with If Beale Street Could Talk based on the book by James Baldwin. It stars KiKi Layne and Stephan James as Tish and Fonny, respectively. They are childhood friends who love each other and are expecting their first child. Tish now has to prove Fonny’s innocence after he’s accused of raping a Puerto Rican woman. Her parents (King, Domingo) are excited for their new grandchild and will stop at nothing to proveRead More →

AQUAMAN Director: James WanStarring: Jason Momoa, Patrick Wilson, Amber Heard, Nicole Kidman, Dolph Lundgren, Yahya Abdul-Mateen II Aquaman is the latest in the DC Extended Universe following Justice League where we first got to know this character. Jason Momoa returns as Aquaman and is called into action to be the hero he’s meant to be despite not wanting the responsibilities.There’s a war brewing between the humans and the species that lives below the water. Arthur/Aquaman is considered a half-breed as his father was human and his mother came from the water. He may be the only one to unite both sides when his brother, King Orm (Wilson),Read More →

PODCAST EPISODE 40: ‘TIS THE SEASON FOR CHRISTMAS MOVIES I have a brand new episode of my podcast “Paul’s Trip to the Movies” up on PodcastOne and My Talk 1071’s website or wherever you get your podcasts. It’s brought to you by T-Rex Cookie Company. Host Paul McGuire Grimes loves Christmas movies of all kinds. He and his husband, Ryan McGuire Grimes, share eight different Christmas movies that get them in the holiday spirit from comedies like “National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation” to the classic “It’s a Wonderful Life” and ones that tug on the heartstrings like “The Family Stone”, a couple of wild card picks, and many more.Read More →

SPIDER-MAN: INTO THE SPIDER-VERSE Director: Bob Persichetti, Peter Ramsey, Rodney RothmanStarring: Shamiek Moore, Jake Johnson, Hailee Steinfeld, Bryan Tyree Henry, MahershalaAli, Zoe Kravitz, Nicolas Cage, John Mulaney, and Lily Tomlin Miles Morales (Moore) is a young kid who’s been transferred to new private school and has a hard time fitting in. While out late one night creating graffiti in the subway station, he’s bitten by a radio active spider. He’s suddenly gifted super powers, but he doesn’t quite know what to do with them until he learns about the death of Peter Parker/Spider-Man. He feels the calling to become the new Spider-Man but first needs to go throughRead More →

MARY POPPINS RETURNS Director: Rob MarshallStarring: Emily Blunt, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Ben Whishaw, Emily Mortimer, Julie Walters, Meryl Streep, Colin Firth Mary Poppins is back on the big screen in an all new adventure thanks to Disney and director Rob Marshall (Into the Woods, Chicago). This new film takes place a couple of decades after the original one, and Michael (Whishaw) and Jane Banks (Mortimer) are all grown up. Michael is a widower with three kids. He’s facing a financial crisis and is told by the bank that they will repossess their childhood home if he can’t come up with the payments. It’s up to Mary PoppinsRead More →

ROMA Writer/Director: Alfonso Cuarón Starring: Yalitza Aparicio, Marina de Tavira, Jorge Antonio Guerrero, Diego Cortina Autrey Roma is Alfonso Cuarón’s latest cinematic achievement following films like Gravity, Children of Men, and Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban. He wrote, directed, edited, and was his own cinematographer on it. It takes place in Roma, a middle class neighborhood of Mexico City in the 1970s. It’s an examination of two women trying to get by when their men leave them behind. Cleo (Yalitza Aparicio) is the live in maid and nanny for Sofia (Marina de Tavira) and her four children. Here’s my reviewRead More →